SAN BERNARDINO: Gang-related, drive-by shooting ends in fatal crash

A carload of gang members shot at a rival gang member and missed, but their SUV slammed into a tree, killing one of the occupants, say San Bernardino police.

The gunfire erupted at 9:50 p.m. Wednesday, July 15, along the 1200 block of North Blackstone Avenue.

The target -- a man in his 20s -- ran away, Sgt. Vicki Cervantes said in a written statement.

But the 2015 Dodge Journey went out of control, jumped a curb and crashed. During the accident, 22-year-old James Eley of San Bernardino was ejected from a passenger seat and later died at Loma Linda University Medical Center, according to the statement.

The driver and remaining passengers ran away, but showed up at a hospital for treatment of crash-related injuries.

Arrested at 11:30 p.m. at San Bernardino Community Medical Center was 26-year-old Ronald James Lewis, who was booked for investigation of attempted murder, vehicular manslaughter and hit-and-run driving resulting in injury or death, jail records show.

Join the conversation

We invite you to use our commenting platform to engage in insightful
conversations about issues in our community. Although we do not pre-screen comments,
we reserve the right at all times to remove any information or materials that are unlawful,
threatening, abusive, libelous, defamatory, obscene, vulgar, pornographic, profane, indecent
or otherwise objectionable to us, and to disclose any information necessary to satisfy the law,
regulation, or government request. We might permanently block any user who abuses these conditions.